Improvement in thill-tugs



n. c.` BAssETTL ThiIl-Tugs.

N0.\47,089. Patented Feb. 3.1874.

/Wimessesz 9 V6 j'nvemon Amarneys,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DFV ITT (l. `lASSETT, OF CAMBRIA MILLS, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT lN THILL-TUGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,089, dated February3, 1874; application tiled December 1, 1873. l

. same time a convenient mode of attachment for the saddle,brecching-strap, and girth.

It will rst befully described and then clearly pointed out in the claim.

A in the drawing represents a two-part m etallic tube, through whichpasses the thill and which has a groove, a. In this groove turns acircumjaeent metallic tube, B, having the upper loops b b, in which aresecured the saddle and breech-straps, and a lower loop, E, to which isattached the girth.

It is obvious that the tube A must be made in two transverse sections,or provided with an end nut, or the tube B must be made in twolongitudinal sections, in order that the thill and saddle-tubes may besecurely connected together. I prefer, however, the first, as shown inthe drawing.

rIhe metallic thill-tugs may be readily japanned in imitation ofleather, or ornamentally painted, and may be readily east, thus forming`an article not only strong and durablc, but ornamental and veryeconomical.

The invention is equally applicable to a stationary and rotating1thill-holder, and this application is intended to embrace both withinthe scope and protection of the patent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A thill-tug, consisting of the two-part tube A and the tube B, arrangedloosely thereon, and containing loops for the saddle-breeching and`girth-straps, as described.

DEWITT orBAssETr. [L s] lVitnesses:

Jas. A. CHANDLER, H. L. WHEELER.

